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. , GOES TO RUSSIA.
5 V !’! NED WITH A 15IG
II ol' NOMINATIONS.
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M trch 30.—President
HL f lowing nominations
\y > General of tbe Uuited
aiier, of Connecticut,
cse, of Maryland, at
ll -> ivntof the Uuited
in. of Rhode Island, to
k. : In liana, to Sweden
> K< sideni and Consuls
; Stale.*:
v..nK Cl>its Lewis, of
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\n person, o! Wisconsin,
- >: the United States:
. ci Pennsylvania, at
11 . of Georgia, at
- Lwraordinary and Mir..
.nary of the United
vhvis. of North Carolina,
, * vwton, of Georgia.
v. >t Virginia, to
* • r • ■ ii
• i. , f Nevada, to
of the United
• *. Vienna,
*. *f London.
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New York, to
arolina, to
, "tat-s tor the
aia, to be
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New York,
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the Fifth
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n • : the Twenty
>l *. r and Inspector
. nan ns confirmed by
I were the following for
H Flow?*ax, a* Yazoo |City,
M ARKTH ~ H HUBERT, at NtW
il —. s. c.
■ * At Ll*, at Sumter, S. C.
J§ .iX. LAWTON.
Hr --•> \ai: • - K. LiW ton wns born in
jj . net (Uutt county). South
H *ii father was r*or <m the
HH a oich was settled by Lti=,
H * - before the revolution.
HI 'b, toe ru ject of tuts
||| appointm* nt as cadet
MS A aoeniy at West Point,
H| t .. re in nis 2tn year. He
if m* 1 as a Second Lieuten-
H yi, I>g*. aud served about
§§ tfc • Nuuuern frontier in
H H then resigned his coni
■ r (i the law department
R \ rally, where he gradu-
H earn %s a lawyer.
H 5 t the bar in South
H i.t >vt*d to Savannah and
H .. "i m of his profession,
H r* ever since. Gen. Law
-9 ' won a prominent po*i-
Rf rank of his profession.
V 1" 'i-d it up to this time.
H ' a lawyer has leen equal
H| s by any member of the
H • vgia. lie uas been con-
H ■* rff the most important
■ t. e courts ol th** State.
R nr the <-eiebraied Telfair
R was taken through all
H tbe State and ended In
m u t of the United States,
H a* a was successful. In
R i was appointed counsel
R H. il road and its system
H i * counsel ever since.
H ' • i* hat argued as many
HR a < ases 1* fore the courts
■H 1 •i *: '..pr* :nc Court of the
HS t. n-■ man now In prac
■ -t wa* Presid> nt of the
|R| . -.ution, vvuich assem
j9H i ' .rat ;gK. succeeding
R 1 1 *.. who has recently
HH 1 o v. r to Kurland.
|R iU C >KKVICES.
as il way’s l>een devoted
o and has never sought
* • tit the office should
f® * •-• and tt b* never bis name was
mm • Hic he has declined
■R -fi b He has represented
mm • ui b*o branches of the
|H| 1 mem fair of tbe
Wm invention in and
■* u < ,r that lody. He was
m -V” lurmg the Tilden cum
m Rm t ol the electoral col
-9 *' tVmfut of the National
W that assembled In
* " iLo, and of tu^Ehicago
mm .a •'* }e*r. He wiHKrought
*9 • aidate for I’nltM States
S , vtd was defeated W<i OV.
I * *l|p ARY CAREEICF* -^
9 1 ffK the late civil war
f —mini—iomd a Briga-
J| * **s placed in command
!■ * t r ia. In the * print? of
P “ Wlea to V irginia and
9 Amaa4 of a division
I 1 ! akMD , i corps. In
u ] k was severely wounded
1 J and was not
■ 1 1 duty until the summer
W is taen made Quart r
§ acd attached to the War
9 t ! 8..-hioonl. and held that
■®k. * P Uose of the war. , %
I appointment was a sur
4Be had met President
? ‘that wa* during the
its naiia# was promi
i lace in the Cabi*
I s'jp i*r xpectod his appoint
■ * • -in no effort was made
foreign appoin cflent. The
m had tnat his name was
; v connection was a fcele
-* I storm Brown and Colquitt,
4 1 about 1 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, congratulating him on his
a P*\L- n *' ment * succeeds Alonzo Taft,
ol Ohio. The saiaty is $17,500 per annum.
LEWIS M’MILLEN.
Lewis McMillen who was nominated
to-day to be Appra ser at the port of New
i ork, is at present employed in the Ap
praiser's office then as an examiner in the
hardware division. He is a good Demo
crat aud one of the eldest employes in the
department, having servedcontinuously
in the Appraiser’s olice for about twenty
three ye-trs. The nomioatiou is regarded
as a good one, aiu as one which is
strictly in accordance with
civil service reform principles.
Treasury Department officials hesitate to
express any opinioc With regard to the
reasons of the removal of Ketehura, whose
place Mr. McMillen is to teke. There
ero, they say, no charge! against him and
he ha** not, so far as they kuow. done any
thing to render himselt obnoxious to the
present administration. It is intimated
to-night that there is likely to be a con
test in the Senate over this nomination
unless it can he shown Mr. KetChum
was removed for cause. ‘
RAHMUtt B. ANIUJRSON.
Hasmt s IL Anderson, ol Wisconsin,
who was to-day nominatufl to be Minister
L ' dent and < onsul Geinvai to Denmark,
was born in Wisconsin is 1843. He was
bo many years Prolessorfof German aud
e:in iina'iun literature i® the University
< l A soot v,b at Madison, and bad charge
t. re "t aiu ge collection of Scandinavian
1 's- left •<> the university by Ole Bull,
ed the Mitner library. lie re
signed that position a year or two ago to
ci*— ‘ c ia irivate business. He is the
auiu r <>l i number of books relating,
to scandii tvian subjects, the most
important cf which are -Norse Myth
* ■*< -v." “Sir ting Tales of the North” and
-Horn'** Sc; ndinavian Literature.” He
i** a;** > one oi the compilers of the volume
i ceutly nu fished ontitied “The Nor
wvginn Mus sl Album." He is a man
wide ini!u ice umoi a the Scandina
viuns in tae nitfeti States and a promi
i t deterder f the American school sys
t* m against t ise who desire to sutisti
ite for u a system of sectarian schools,
ite has always taken ueep interest in the
promotion of 8 andinavian immigration
to tics country. He is not only a fine Latin
and Greek sch iar but knows German,
French. Hunga mu ami all the Scandi
iiavian langua. s. The nomination is
- cueraiiy regarc a as an extremely good
out*. !
WILLI/, t CALDWELL.
W.illiam U ildw l, who was nominated
i to be Sitv oroi the port of Uin
uati, is a practici • lawyer of that citv.
and "ne of the tt e State Senators from
Hamilton county. is about 30 rears
of age and a son ok the late Judge Cald
well, of the SupretyCourt of Ohio. His
appointment is cla \ed as a victorv for
?he Pa * ne-Mcl,cai. Unction, he having
been indorsetl V by Senator Pavne,
wh > is said to have Vsoualiy urged* his
nomination. His it i formidable com
petitor for the i lace ih Tneodore Cook,
wno was a Pe.fietcn man in
t ie Senatorial cor.tfc-la year ago and
who led the bolt agaii I tne McLean lee-
ticket for Han lon eounlv in the
State campaign of lt'Tvsfien the mom*
era of the Legislai V which chose
Payne were elected. tough Cook has
. i Life-long Demo |t md effective
worker for that partv. ) taction in bolt
ing the ticket in ISS3 v k v sed against
Lim iv the Payne men i ,the contest for
; the Surveyorship.
T. T. JARV S.
Thomas J. Jarvis, of .. ortfi Carolina,
nominated to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Pienipotent ry t* Brazil, is
a native of North Carolina, and is about
years ol age. He was is cat. and at 11.m
dolph Macon College, of > rgiti a. He is
a lawyer by profession. I inng the war
ho served as a Captain in t. > C oi federate
army. He has been Speake of tie Bouse
of Representatives in the S ate Legisla
ture three times, a member l tie Hitate
‘ onstitutional Conventions. Lie iterant
Governor two years and L ver,ior six
years. He was unanimously recom
mended by the Legislature of histtau to
be a member of the Cabinet, lov. Jarvis
i? 5 the son of a Methodist minl-teriind is
a self-made man. He mairiei ilibs
Woodson, of Virginia.
A. M. KEILY.
A. M. Kelly, who is nominated at Min
ister to Italy, is a lawyei in
practice at Richmond, Va. He las i ;en
Mayor of that place, was for sever il y irs
Chairman ol the Democratic .Punters
Committee, taking an active an! pro u
nent part in the contest against the l.y
a ij listers, and is also well-known as o e
of the counsel for the Virginia b-kidhol -
ers in their prolonged litigation.
E. I*. C. LEWIS.
El ward Park Custis Lewis, the nomi
nee for toe mission to Portugal, is a resi
dent of Hoboken, N. J. He is said .to bfe
distantly related to Secretary i.iyard.
and has beeu a member ol the LogislaA
ture, Presidential elector, and member of
the State Democratic Committee. He
was in the Conledoratearmy. His ttife is
a daughter of Mr. Stevens, the Hoboken
millionaire, who ouilt the lamous btelens
battery.
ISAAC BELL, JR.
Isaac Bell, Jr., nominated to be Minis
ter to th<* Netherlands, is a wealthy citi
zen of Newport, il. 1., a prominent Demo
crat, and has several times been the
Democratic candidate for Governor, li i
is a brother-in-law of James Gordon Ben
nett. He was the Democratic candidate
for United .States Senator at the last Sena*
torial election.
T. M. WALLER.
Thomas M. Waller, whose name is sent
in for the Consul Generalship at London,
is well known as ex-Governor of Connec
ticut. He was the Democratic candidate
lor re-election last, year, but failed to re
ceive a majority of the popular vote and
was not elected by the Legislature.
KUFUS MAGEE.
Kufus Magee, of Indiana, who is nomi.
nated as Minister to Sweden and Norway,
is a resident of Logauspon, a lawyer and
State Senator, a man of local prominence
as an active politician, and an especial
friend of ex-Senator McDonald, whom he
accompanied recently to this city.
EDMUND JUBKEN.
Edmund Jussen, of Illinois, nominated
to be Consul General to Henna, is a lead
ing member of a prominent law Arm of
German-Americans in Chicago. He has
been somewhat prominent in politics in
his State. ;
FREDERICK RAINK.
Frederick Raine. of Maryland, too
nominee for the Berlin Consul General
ship, is the editor of the Baltimore Cor
respondent, a German Democratic paper.
A. H. GROSS.
A. Haller Gross, of Pennsylvania, who
is to be sent as Consul to Athens, is a son
of an eminent surgeon. He has been lo
cally promin lit in Philadelphia as a
Democrat, and was recently a member of
the City Council.
G. W? MERRILL.
George W. Merrill, of Nevada, nomi
nated to be Minister Resident to the Ha
waiian Islands, is a lawyer by profession,
but is now private secretary to Senator
Fair.
GRANT AT DEATH’S DOOR.
A DAY OF DANGER FOLLOWED
BY A SLIGHT RALLY.
Survival of Afternoon or Night at One
Time Not Expected—The End Proba
bly not Many Hours Away—Curious
Crowds Surrounding the Dying Gene
ral’s Residence.
New York, March 30.—At 4:30 o’clock
this afternoon Dr. Douglas returned to
Gen. Grant’s house, and after being with
the General about 15 minutes issued the
following bulletin: “Gen. Grant is free
from pain and takes his liquid food at
regular intervals and as well as usual.
He is not as strong and is showing more
feebleness of body.”
NO CHANGE AT 0:20 O’CLOCK.
New York, MarchSO, 9:20 r m. —There
is no change in the condition of Gen. Grant.
He is somewhat weaker if anything. His
temperature and pulse are normal. He
has taken liquid food in the usual quan
tity to day.
DEATH ADMITTED NEAR AT HAND.
After issuing his bulletin in regard to
Gen. Grant at 4:30 o’clock to-dav, Dr.
Douglas was asked if he thought the end
would come during the night. In answer
he said: “1 think not, but the General is
now passing through the stages incident
to the disease,and,frankly, I cannot tell if
the end will come to-night. The General
is growing weaker and weaker.” Taese
words were spoken without reserve, and
carried a conviction to the hearers which
none Of the bulletins had done. Dr.
Douglas returned from his call** after an
absence of about an hour. He had come
back to remain ull night. Dr. Shrady
soon joined him for the same purpose.
In response to inquiries, Drs. Douglas
and Shrady sent out the following bulletin
at 7 o’clock:
At this moment Gen. Grant is very
quiet. His temperature and pulse are
about normal. He has taken his liquid
food regularly and well, aud in the usual
quantity. He is more silent than usual,
and has made no exertion of any kind to
day. He gives the impression of being
.weaker, which io not indicated by the
pulse.
CROWDS OF CURIOUS PEOPLE.
Prompted by curiosity, many persons
strolled through Sixty-sixth street
during the afternoon, stopping in front of
Gen. Grant’s house to gaze at the building,
iheshades of the front parlor windows
were lowered all day. The inner blinds
of the General’s sleeping room were shut,
with the slats open. About 3 o’clock
Mrs. Grant, the General’s wife, stood
tor some minutes at a window on the
third lloor, aud, after looking some min
utes at the watchers below, drew down
the shade and closed the shutters. The
curtains in the General’s library, or
study, were rolled up all day and the
ladies of the household were several times
seen in the room. Mr. Harrison, the at
tendant, once came out to mail papers
aud letters atSixty-sixtb street and Madi
son avenue. A watcher inquired as to
toe Gem ral’s condition.
THE attendant’s COMPARISON.
“He is no better, 1 fear,” was the reply.
“If you break your leg and it. pains you
very much, you know it is broken, but
even if the pain is less for a time, the
bieak is there all the same. The General
has felt easier to-day, but 1 fear that he
is really no better.”
Bine-coated messengers pulled the bell
at short intervals throughout the day.
Personal messages of sympathy and in
quiry were constantly coming from friends
aud interested persons in the city and out
of it. A gentleman who called at 4
o’clock with extraordinary anxiety to see
Col. Fred Grant or Col. Uadeau, was told
that members of the family must deny
themselves to all. “These are our imper
ative instructions,” said a servant at the
door.
KOMF.RO FEARS CnOKING.
Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister,
who called at the house last evening,
made only a short stay. To an anxious
inquirer as to his opinion of Gen. Grant’s
condition and prospects, he said: “Of
course no one can foretell with certainty.
The disease, until recently, was within
the power ot the doctors, but now it has
gone quite beyond them. The General
may live ten days and he may die in two
hours. I fear that ho is going to choke to
death. If the disease reaches an artery
the danger of choking is increased, and
death by that means becomes almost in
evitable. The members of the family are
now at the General’s bedside. The doc
tors are there too, but they keep back as
much as possible. 1 fear that the Gen
eral will choke to death.”
A TRIFLE BETTER.
New' York, March 30, 11:45 r. m.—At
10:15 o’clock the doctors announced that
Gen. Grant was easier, and at 10:35
•’deck a little better, but very weak.
BADKAU IIIS LITERARY EXECUTOR,
i Gen. Adam Badeau, Gen. Grant’s
\ Tiner military secretary, is an inmate
i Gen. Grant’s residence. On reliable
t> ithority it is stated that Gen, Grant has
t cently expressed a desire that Gen. Ba
rt* ,u should become his literary executor.
TV- family has had stationed before the
hsise a policeman to prevent further
ril ngs at the bell and to keep away all
insurers.
L . Shrady said this evening that he
tbou-ht that Gen. Grant might rally from
the present attack and live some time, as
the lucent disturbance was the result of
troulic in the head, and no* from an ag
gravated form of the disease.
ALL ENCOURAGED AT MIDNIGHT.
New York* March 31,1 a. m. —At 11:45
o’clock Senator Chaffee left Gen. Grant’s
residenoi.. He said that the General hd
just been put to bed, and that as compared
with his ' <ndition twenty-four hours ago
he was bn ter. When asked if the physi
cians considered the patient out
of dang r, Mr. Chaffee replied
that he could not say that
such was the case, hut that his present
condition w, s more favorable. At 11:55 Dr.
Douglas amt Col. Grant left the house for
the night, it being considered necessary
for only Dr. shrady to remain. Dr.
Douglas saiq that the General had
just retired and was very com
fortable. A little morphine had been
given to induce sleep. The General
had improved all day up to the present,
and the betterment had continued all the
evening. He had been chatty and bright,
conversing with his family and physi
cians. His pulse and temperature were
nearly normal, lie slept five hours within
twenty-four. At midnight the vestibule
doors were locked, and in the next hour
all the lights were extinguished except
one on the top floor.
legislative sympathy.
The New York Legislature, at Albany,
to-day, by a rising vote, unanimously
adopted a resolution of sympathy with
Gen. Grant and hope for his recovery.
tiie latest.
New York, March 31, 3:50 a. M.-rrAt 2
a. m. an effort was made to obtain a bulle
tin of Gen. Grant’s condition, but the
wessager was unable ty get in the house.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1885.
WHY THE MEN WERE CHOSEN.
The President wants to send as many
nominations as possible to the Senate be
fore it adjourns at the end of this week.
He is especially desirous that as many
foreign ministers as possible may be con
firmed by the Senate before they go
abroad. Accordingly he sent in a long
list of nominations to-day. All the for
eign appointments, like all the foreign ap
pointments previously sent in, were made
on Secretary Bayard’s recommendations.
They are all considered excellent.
Messrs. Lawton and Howell, like Gen.
Jackson, of Georgia, had made no appli
cation for an appointment. All three
Georgia appointments to the foreign ser
vice were made at the instance of the
Georgia delegation, without solicitation
on the part ot either of the gentlemen ap
pointed.
Gov. Jarvis has been pressed urgently
by the North Carolina delegation.
Mr. Koily was presented by the Vir
ginia delegation as one of the foremost
debt-payers in the state.
Representative Hopkins, of Pennsyl
vania, was very much disappointed at
bis failure to get the Italian mission, it
is said that representations made by
prominent Pittsburg Democrats to the
President about the connection of Mr.
Hopkins with the Ponn Bank
and other bankrupt commercial enter
prises defeated him. It is also said that
certain influential Roman Catholics pro
tested against the appointment of so
prominent a member of the Masonic
organization.
WALLER’S WANT.
Gov. "Waller, of Connecticut, wanted a
first-class mission. He will be contented,
however, with wbat he got,
Frederick Itaine, of Maryland, appoint
ed Consul General at Berlin, is a friend of
Senator Gorman. He has supported him
warmly in his German newspaper, tho
Correspondent.
Isaac Bell has simply tho recommenda
tion of James Gordon Bennett, his brother
in-law.
Rulus Magee, of Indiana, who succeeds
Minister Thomas, of Maine, in Sweden, is
the leader of the young Democracy o 4 In
diana. He came hero two weeks ago with
Mr. McDonald. The latter was his only
backer.
Vice President Hendricks and the other
Indiana men are surprised and disgusted.
It is noticeable that Myron H. Peck,
nominated as Postmaster at Batavia, N.
Y., to-day. is not the man that Gov. Hill,
of New York, recommended. This is
taken as an indication that the adminis
tration does not propose to try to re-elect
Gov. Hill.
The Missouri men were fdmost as dis
heartened as tin? Indiana men when they
looked at the list. However, thoy insist
tiiat Norman J. Coleman will be nomi
nated Commissioner of Agriculture to
morrow. **
Hazen’i Punishment.
Washington, March 30.—The findings
in the Hazen court-martial will be refer
red to the President on the return of the
Secretary of War from Massachusetts the
latter part of this week. The sentence of
court is a reprimand, which, if approved
by the President, will be administered In
a general order issued by the Secretary of
War in the name of the President. The
request of Gen. Hazen’s counsel that he
be furnished a oopy of the findings before
they have been received by tho President
will not be complied with.
Heavy Disbursements.
Washington, March 30.—The Treasury
receipts so far this month are up to the
average, but the disbursements have been
larger than usual, the payments on ac
count of pensions alone amounting to
about $0,000,000. , y
GROVER INVITED TO GEORGIA.
Savannah’s Federal Officials Safe—Need
of More Ships.
Washington, March 30.—Senators
Colquitt and Brown have called upon
President Cleveland and invited him to
visit Atlanta during the Commercial
Convention to be held there in May. The
President inquired particularly as to the
time it required to make the trip, what
would be expected of him if he went,
what the objects of the convention were.
He said that he had never been South and
would like very much to go. He
also said that his greatest ambition
was to make perfect the reconciliation
between the sections and to establish the
fullest harmony among the people. He
would be glad to do anything that would
tend to bring this about. Tbe President
said that he would talk with his Cabinet
about the proposed trip. Both Senators
Brown and Colquitt think that the Presi
dent will accept the invitation and that
several members of his Cabinet will ac
company him.
There will be no changes, it is stated on
high authority, in the local Federal offices
in Savannah for the present.
Senator Colquitt is going home directly
alter the adjournment of the Senate.
LAMAR’S INDISPOSITION.
Secretary Lamar did not go to the Inte
rior Department to-day. lie remained at
home by the advice of his doctor, as he is
suffering from a cold, and is besides con
siderably worn out by the strain and
pressure of the past three weeks.
He has been in the habit
of coming to the office at
9 o’clock and receiving everybody that
called up to 12:30, and then for the bal
ance of the day be received members of
Congress and his personal friends. In
addition to this he has undertaken to at
tend personally to the great
mass of matters that come
up iu the business oT tho department,
llis friends think he is overworked, and
he will probably now take their advice
and transfer a part of the burden to other
shoulders. Iu spite of the great rush of
visitors Secretary Lamar always
maintained his good nature. A few
days ago a gentleman called
and said to him, as he shook hands, “I am
not after any office, Mr. Secretary, and
want to ask no favors.” “You are, sir,”
replied the Secretary, “like a bottle of
rose water in an ocean of salt water.”
A LAMENTABLE LACK OF SHIPS.
The government is likely to be embar
rassed by the lack of war vessels in our
so-called navy. Our representatives in
< ntral America are telegraphing that
American passenger and freight steam
ers, and other property belonging
to Americans, are about to be
seized by some of the factions now
at swords’ poiuts in those States. It is
absolutely necessary to the proper pro
tection of Americans and American in
terests iu Central America that our war
vessels should appoir in three Central
American ports. But one is on our ocean
and the other two on the Pacific; so it is
very difficult to get ships enough for the
exigency.
MRS. GARFIELD’S GIFT.
The Garfield Memorial Hospital being
emnarrassed lor lack of funds 31 rs. Gar
field has promised a sufficient fund to
tide it over its present difficulties. This
will be her first contribution to this char
ity.
PARIS FLIES INTO A RAGE
FERRY AND THE MINISTRY
FORCED TO RESIGN.
Troops the Only Preventive of Blood
shed—A Credit Overwhelmingly Re*
fused—Communist Shouts for. Assas
sination—The War to be Carried to
the Palaces of Pekin.
Paris, Alarch 30.—Gen. Negrier, who
was wounded in Friday’s engagement at
Langsou, has been promoted to be a
General of Division. The newspapers
generally urge the country to act with
energy and coolness. They expect of all
men that at such a crisis party feelings
and party prejudices should sink into in
significance, and that there should be
perlect unanimity of sentiment in de
manding that a general national effort
should be put forth to relieve the army in
Tonquin.
Orders have been Issued directing toe
immediate mobilization of all the fourth
battalions of infantry. The government
has decided to ask for volunteers from
each regiment, and to call lor 5,000 mari
time conscripts.
The excitement caused by the French de
feat at Langsou grows apace. Rentes at
once responded to the popular feeling.
Soon after the opening of the Bourse they
had fallen from 80 lrancs and
centimes, the closing price of Saturday,
to 78 francs and 20 centimes. Shortly be
fore 3 o’clock there was another sharp
decline, the price falling to 70 francs and
9 centimes. Tnis decline was due to ru
mors that popular manifestations were
being made outside of the Chamber of
Deputies. Stocks declined more or less
in sympathy with the downward move
ment of rentes. The action of tbe govern
ment was awaited with anxious suspense
and every rumor was caught up and re
peated with additions. The speedy down
fall of the ministry was predicted in many
quarters.
FERRY’S DECAFITATION DEMANDED.
The Radical lntransigeant , M. Roche
fort’s paper, demands M. Ferry’s head for
the blunders which have cost tho French
so many lives in Tonquin.
President Grevy presided at the coun
cil of Ministers to-day. He insisted on
immediate action being taken for prompt
and vigorous pushing of the war with
Chlua. The Cabinet decided to mobilize
two divisions of troops, to be commanded
by four Brigadier Generals, for imme
diate service in Tonquin, and also to send
10,000 men to reinforce Admiral Courbet.
THE CABINET RESIGN.
Tho entire Ferry Cabinet to-day re
signed, owing to the adverse vote in the
Chamber of Deputies.
OPENING OF THE CHAMBERS.
Long before the hour for the convening
of the Chamber ol Deputies the streets in
the vicinity were packed with crowds of
excited men, ami it soon became evi4ent
that trouble was brewiug for the govern
ment. A strong force of military was on
duty to prevent a riot and preserve order t
in the chamber. Notwithstanding the
precaution the galleries were crowded
with people w r ho plainly showed their ir
ritation over the French defeat at Lang
sou by keeping up a noisy discussion,
and hurling denunciatory epithets at va
rious members of the Cabinet and their
supporters as they entered the chamber.
When Premier Ferry arose to announce
the decision of the Cabinet council he
w’as loudly hissed by those in the galler
ies.
A HOWLING MOIL
He had barely finished the declaration
when a number of Deputies on the right
sprang to their feet yelling, “Down with
the wretch,” while above the din could
be heard the voice of Clemenceau as ne
fairly screamed, “Traitors!” It was some
time'before order was restored, and had
it not been for the presenco of troops
there is hardly any doubt that violence
would have been done. During this scene
the crowd outside became a howling
mob, and made several attempts to pass
the guards in order to set inside the
were kept back by the de
termined attitude of the military.
TIIE MINISTRY RESIGNS.
Premier Perry presented the govern
ment’s request for a credit of $40,000,000
on account of military operations in
China. M. Ferry at once moved for the
appointment oi a committee to examiue
and report upon the credit, and demanded
that the motion be given priority.
The motion was rejected by a vote of
30S to 101.
Premier Ferry immediately announced
the resignation of the entire Ministry.
President Grevy accepted the resigna
tions.
THE PROBABLIf CABINET.
Large crowds of people have surround
ed the all the afternoon, but up
to 6 o’clock this evening no hostile demon
stration had been made.
At that hour it was generally expected
that M. Freycinet, at present a Sena
tor, or M. liibot. the grebt French jurist,
and now a member of the Chamber oi
Deputies, will be called upou to form a
new Ministry. Lt is also believed that M.
Waddington, the recent Ambassador to
England, will be tendered the olliee of
Minister of Foreign Adairs in place of M.
Ferry, and that Leon Say, the great politi
cal economist, will be asked to accept the
post of Minister of Finance in the new
Cabinet.
An auxiliary volunteer torpedo flotilla
has been organized at Hong Kong. Sixty
steam launches are all ready for service,
and will compose the flotilla.
Tho Algerian troops have been ordered
to Tonquin.
FERRY’S LAST PLEA.
Prior to tho vote ou the motion to
appoint a committee on a credit,
Premier Ferry read yesterday’s dis
tatches regarding the Langsou affair.
le added that the retreat of the French
had been effected in perfect order. The
troops had found themselves confronted
by Chinese forces whose numbers it had
been impossible to foresee. The French
Generals had been obliged to rb-enter the
Red river delta and maintain the defen
sive measures already taken. To reinlorco
the French troops in Tonquin would not
suffice. It was necessary to avenge the
Langsou check in the interest of the
honor of France. He therefore demanded
a credit of $40,000,000, and proposed
a separate vote on this credit from the
ministerial question. He was frequently
interrupted. M. Clemenceau approved
the credit, but condemned the policy of
the government arul demanded its over
throw. M. Duval and M. Ribold declared
that they would be ready to vote any
sacrifice# when the Ministry was over
thrown.
IMPEACHMENT REJECTED.
M. Laisant and M. de la Fosse de
manded the impeachment of the Ministry,
and M. de la Fosse demanded urgency for
a motion to that effeot, which was re
jected by a vote of 304 to 161.
M. Brlsson extolled the bravery of the
French soldiers and sailors in Tonquin,
and said that they knew how to repair
the effects of the recent reverses. Hla re-
marks were received with general ap
plause. The Chamber then adjourned to
allow a meeting of the bureaus to ap
point a committee on new
credits. The committee was sub
sequently formed. All the members,
it is understood, are in favor of voting
credits, reserving, however, the right of
demanding an explanation from the new
Niinietry. Several of the members favor
a moderate colonial policy alter France
has taken revenge upon China. Crowds
continued to gatfcer about the chamber.
As the Deputies were leaving cries were
raised of “Down with Ferry,” “Down
with majority.”
CROWDED BOULEVARDS.
The boulevards were crowded with an
excited throng to-night, but no acts of
violence were committed. M. de Freycinet
is considered to be most likely to be called
upon to form the new Cabinet, which
will include Gen. Camperon
as Minister of War. No chance
is expected in the French policy
in regard to Egypt. In the Senate M. Le
Royer expressed the Senate’s admiration
for and sympathy with the lorees in.Ton
quin. [Applause.] M. Le Royer added
that it was the duty of the House to vote
the necessary subsidies for the carrying
on of the war. Leon Say declared that it
was necessary to know first the exact
facts, and he would, therefore, propose an
amendment to the credits bill. The
Senate finally adjourned upon hearing of
the resignation of tfie Ministry.
VIGOROUS EDITORIALS.
La lntransigeant demands the trial and
execution of M. Forry.
La Siecle says: “No Frenchman dares
to mention withdrawal before the Chinese.
The future of our Eastern possessions de
pends on the maintenance of tho French
name. We must conquer China at
Pekin.”
La Paix appeals to the patriotism of
France, and says that this crisis abolishes
party distinctions.
La Journal des Debats advises consid
eration of the question whether or not it
would be prudent to change the policy of
the government towards China, and re
flection before deciding under the impulse
of auger occasioned by reverses.
La Itepublique Francaise says that tbe
couutry’has no doubt about the ultimate
success of the campaign, at however
painful a cost. What would contribute
above all to tho preservation of the na
tional sangfroid would be the spectacle
of a solid union and agreement among
the deputies.
La Gaulois urges the impeachment of
the Ministry.
FREYCINET DELIBERATING.
After tiro resignation of M. Ferry and
the Alinistry, the President asked Henri
Brisson, President of the Chamber of Dep
uties, to form anew Cabinet. M. Brisson
declined. The President then asked 31.
Freycinet to form a Cabinet. The latter
asked 24 hours to reply.
At 10 o’clock this evening rentes were
quoted at 71f. and 7c.
1,500 LOST BY THE FRENCH. .
The losses sustained by Gen. Negrier’s
forces are now estimated at 1,500 men.
Gen. Negrier was wounded in the breast,
and one of his aides-de-camp, Col. Berge,
received a bullet wound in the head.
La Gaulois sacs that one-fourth of the
whole effective French force at Langsou
w’as left on the battle field. One hundred
thousand Chinese are advancing on Chu
and threaten to destroy the French forces
there before there is a chance of their
being reinforced. Gen. Giovannelli is
entrenched at Phudohan. Ho is also In a
critical position, being surrounded and
his line of retreat cut off by 12,000 Black
Flags.
THE PLAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
The vote aeainst M. Ferry included
Republicans, Unionists, the Extreme Left,
and Monarchists. No group appears to
be strong enough to insure a compact
Ministry. All the sections are unani
mous in a determination to prosecute the
war to a successful issue. In the plan
submitted by Gen. Lewel and Admiral
Peyron and adopted by M. Ferry
it was proposed that 45,000 troops be
sent to Tonquin, and a simultaneous
advance be made on tbe gate of Caina.
Admiral CoUrbet was to attack Canton.
When the rainy reason stopped operations
in Southern China an expedition was to
be sent against Pekin. The new 31inistry
will probably adopt this plan. La Figaro
says that M. Ferry has appealed to his
friends to gather to his support. He de
clared that he would have sent 100,000
men to China if necessary.
KNGLAND REJOICING.
London, March 30.—A1l the .interest in
the lobby of Parliament this evening was
absorbed in the downfall of M. Ferry. No
growing Kuglish politicians regret the
French crisis. It is believed that the
crisis will weaken the influence of France
abroad and limit her power of meddling
with English projects for a long period,
the hope being that succeeding Minis
tries will be short lived and will not be
trusted by other European governments,
the fall of 2)o francs in rentes was due
to sales, nearly all oi w r hich were ordered
from Paris.
CENTRAL GEORGIA HORRORS.
Wife and Child Mutilated by Cars—
Escape of a Prisoner.
Macon, March 30.—At Irvinton,
the county site of Wilkinson county, on
tho Central Railroad, this morning at 1
o’clock, the jailer, J. R. Freeman, went
into the cell of a negro .prisoner named
Rob Collins. The negro surprised him by
felling him to the floor, and madß liis
escape.
As the down train ou tho Central Road,
Maeon and Western division, leaving At
lanta at 2:30 o’clock, passed the crossing
between Sunny Side and Griflin, the
engine struck a one-hofse wagon on the
track, in which were seated a man named
Starr and his wife and child. Starr
escaped with a few bruises, but the
bodies of his wife and child were horribly
mangled. They were taken to Griffin.
OUTRAGE AND LYNCHING.
Dooly County Citizens Make Short Shift
of a Villainous ex-Convict.
Macon, Ga., March 30.—0n Saturday
morning last, while Jesse Dales, a young
farmer, living 7 miles from Vienna, in
Dooly county, was plowing, George
Rouse, colored, an ex-convict, entered his
dwelling, assaulted his wife, and then Cut
her throat. She was found soon
afterwards by her husband.
assembled his neighbors ’ and
they began to search for Rouse. He was
captured Sunday morning. That evening
a mob took him, and after hearing nis
confession, stripped and mutilated his
body and hung him to a tree on the public
road, where he yet hangs. The negroes
also took part in' the lynching, and could
with difficulty be restrained from burning
Rouse at the stake.
Seventy Persons Drowned.
Shanghai, March 30.—The British
steamer Orestes, Capt. Webster, from
Liverpool for Penang, has collided with
and sunk a Chinese steamer. Seventy
persons were drowned.
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BEECHER OX THE SOUTH.
PRAISE SHOWERED ON MASTER
AND SLAVE.
Carpet-Baggers Blamed for Long Year*
of Misrule—Wonderful Moderation of
the Freedmen and Unparalleled For
bearance of the Whites—His Explana
tion of Why Suffrage was Bestowed.
Louisville, Ivy., March 80.—Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher lectured before a
large audience here to-night. In an in
terview, to be published in the Courier -
Journal to-morrow, Mr. Beecher gives his
views of the past and present relations oS
the colored people:
First. The state of slavery in the South be
fore the war, with all its softening, was an
evil and only an evil, both in its effects upon
the blacks and whites alike, and was on the
whole, both in morals and in political econ
omy, exceedingly bad. A terrible price was
paid for the destruction of the slave system,
but it was worth to posterity a hundred times
wlmt it cost.
Second. The putting of the vote into the
bands of an ignorant race was an .astounding
event in political history. It came not from
belief of their fitness for suffrage, hut from a
conviction that it was necessary for their de
fense.
WHY THE BALLOT WAS GIVEN.
The legislation of some South western States
which, under the form of vagrancy law?,
seemed intended to subject the colored people
to essahtial slavery again, alarmed tiie North
and led todefensory legislation; hut audacious
as was that faith in liberty in tl}6 Suffrage
which led the West and ' NbVth to
give full citizenship ar,d political
power to the emancipated, the result has
shown that the colored people hhVe not
misused the power. I must say ujs.f the
colored voting since the war has been fully as
wise as the white voting was before the war.
The colored people of the South after be
coming citizens did not seek revenge nor
mischief. They intended well.
CARPET-BAGGERS TO BLAME.
It was not their fault that many results
were evil. It was bad enough for white citi
zens to see late slaves led by foreign inilfionce.
It might be a political necessity. It was not
any less grievous to be borne by thdir yVhite
fellow-citizens. But w here the emancipated
were largely in excess of white voters it
amounted in fact to a subjection of th<j
white people to the legislation of# the
colored; and in those States where
the Legislatures were in the power of the
late slaves, and where Northern men, not
always the wisest, led them on to foolish and
wasteful legislation, increasing taxation and
squandering, the results of it plunging the
State deeply into debt by an unmerciful.issue
of bonds, it is not to be wondered at that
something like revolutionary methods were
adopted, and that self-defense led men to
violent resistance.
GOOD CONDUCT OF THE SLAVES.
Third. When at a little later period of his
tory, no longer under the influence of violent
ana lieatea passions, men shaU sit in im
partial judgment upon this whole movement
of a quarter of a century, these truths will
stand out prominently. The admirable conduct
of the slave population during tne war. in
dustrious, orderly, humane and peaceful, their
great bravery when the North made them
part of the army, their good conduct after
peace was established and their thirst for ed
ucation,were indispensible cond tiong of good
citizenship. Their future may not be what
theorists predict, but it will be auspicious.
THE SOUTHS WONDERFUL FORBEAR
ANCE.
Fourth. The remarkable conduct of the
white population of the South hurled from po
litical power, defeated in war. wastedi:. all
resources, wounded in every household In the
loss of husband, son or father, all industries
subverted, and to* be refounded on
anew basis; and worse than all,
to see their late slaves changing places wild
their masters, holding the reins of legislation
under foreign leadei’ship, is it wonderful that
at such a revolution, convulsion rather.
Southern citizens often mistook the way of
duty, that some rdde remedies of violence
were practiced, that some counter methods- of ,
violence were attempted?
WORKING OUT THE EVILS.
These things are not to be justified, but is ft
not now a matter of transcendent wonder
that evils were so few aud that the patience
and self-control of the Southern people so
soon readjusted the whole industrial and civil
economy ? I glory in the history,which, with
all its infirmities and blemishes* yet presents
to tne world the most notable instance of the
force of self-government that has ever oc
curred in history. On one or two points
allow me to be explicit.
INTERMARRIAGE NOT RECOMMENDED.
I do not think it wise that whites and blacks
should mix blood, yet it is their right and
liberty to do so if they choose, but it~is to be
discouraged on the ground of humanity. The
slaves are free. They must come under the
universal law as to their social position. No
legislation can put ignorance and knowledge
on the , level of indolence and
industry, virtue and vice, rudeness and
reiinemmt. The household is to be free to
choose its company. No obstruction should
be put in the path of education. All opper
tunities for development should be sacredly
kept opcu to every cl as.-, and every encour
agement given to industry, wealth, refine
ment and good citizenship.
TIIE POLITICAL MELENIUM.
After that society must be free, so far as
legislation is concerned, to choose its own
partnerships, and now that anew era and re
adjustment of all the national questions has
been reached, I am for the welfare of an un*
divided nation and I belong in detail to that
party which shall best serve the interests yf
the whole land. 1 am not a slave of either.
Party is my servant. I am not y
slave. The administration, with that strong
and just man, Cleveland, at its head, has my
hearty support and my full confidence, not
because i,t is Democratic, but because it is na
tional, patriotic, and adapted to tne exi
gencies of the hour. Should it fail in its na
tional duty, I shall still seek the honor and
welfare of this great nation, but by another
road.
JUNKETING HELD DOWN.
Less Traveling to be Done as a Result
of the Recent Discussion.
Washington, March 30.—The Repub
lican Senators held another caucus to-day
upon tho Sherman resolution to re
scind all authority granted since
March 1 to standing committees to sit
during the recess. This has been the sub
ject of several caucuses, and the matter
has involved itself in innumerable diffi
culties In promising at times to bring
about a revision of the entire committee
list and a reduction in the number of the
committees. It was practically decided
to-dav to do nothing further in ihe mutter
at present, but to take steps to bring
about a rnorg satisfactory arrangement of
the committees at the next session.
Although the authority granted certain
committees to sit duripg the recess has
not been rescinded, it is likely that less
traveling will be (lone than was contem
plated when the authority was sought.
Tho contingent fund* will bo the gainer
by reason of the discussion.
The Senate’s Short Session.
Washington j. March 30'.—After the
reading of the journal to-day, Mr. Ed
munds moved that the Senate go fhto ex
ecutive session. & *
Mr. Van Wycfc asked that the motion
be withdrawn for a moment to allow him
to make a report from his committee.
Mr. Edmunds declined to give way, and
the motion was carried.
Mr. Van Wyck, it is understood, wished
to report back his substitute for 3tr. Har
rison’s resolution, rescinding all authority
recently conferred upon committees of
the Senate to travel or sit during the re
cess. At 12:30 o’clock the doors were
reopened, and the Senate adjourned until
to-morrow.